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Mission Accomplished! My, how the worm turns. Go back approximately two weeks and there was much consternation in Winnipeg about head coach Tim Burke not playing his starters enough during the preseason and getting embarrassingly outscored in the two contests "a lot to a little." Follow that up with a disappointing home-opening and stadium-opening loss featuring a sputtering offence that insisted on giving the ball away, and questions continued to pour in about the faltering Blue Bombers. Fast forward to the present and the Bombers are sitting at 1-1 after a bone-crunching performance by their defence on the road at Percival Molson Stadium; a defence that swarmed all over what appeared to be a shell-shocked and ill-prepared Alouettes team. Seven times the "Bomb Squad" got to their target, Anthony Calvillo, bringing their total number of kills to 11 on the season (all on Calvillo.) Heres a statistic that may help bring things into perspective on how stifling the "Blue Swarm" was on Thursday evening: the Als only ran 47 offensive plays through 60 minutes of football; seven of which resulted in a total loss of 37 yards. Thats less than 12 plays a quarter, which is typically one good drive for the once dangerous offence; just 122 yards net offence; and only 2.6 average yards per play. But wait a minute; it gets even scarier on (20) second down plays: the "Black and Blue Bunch" held Montreal to 28 yards TOTAL! Thats 1.2 yards per play. Ouch! No wonder AC was so upset! He was frustrated and taken off his game in rare fashion. In fact, thats the most hes been sacked in one game in the last five seasons. Its not often you see the record-setting, even-keeled, stoic, legendary quarterback so discombobulated. But when you do see it happen, its the same song and dance, same tune being sung and same blue print applied: relentless pressure and a constant attack on where AC sets up shop, seven yards straight behind the center! The mission was planned, the assault was flawless and the target was terminated. While the "Blue Storm Defence" was on its game, showing you how destructive and effective a defensive unit can be when working together, the offence still has some work to do! Too many times the ball was given to the opposition, making the performance of the "Flying Muambas" even more impressive. Four turnovers on offence and another on special teams and the "Terminators" had to deal with what defenses call "sudden change;" when the ball is turned over and suddenly they find themselves back in action! They were up to the challenge however, holding AC and company to only four points. Two weeks in a row the Bombers have lost the turnover battle (5-1 in Week 1 and 5-3 in Week 2). Winning the turnover battle is usually a telltale sign how a team is performing. Often its the one stat that decides who wins and loses, but it may not matter with the kind of defensive performance we saw against Montreal the other night.If the Bombers can clean up their act offensively and limit the turnovers, watch out. Why? Ill tell you why. I can say this with extreme confidence: defences CAN determine the outcome of a football game by cranking up their intensity and bringing wave after wave of relentless pressure. I remember being sacked 10 times in the 86 Grey Cup by a vicious Hamilton Tiger-Cats defence that dominated the line of scrimmage en route to a Grey Cup Championship. After the game I basically went straight to the hospital and had both my knee and elbow operated on, all from the bombardment of an overpowering defence. 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"Im in a really good position for tomorrow," Scott said. Vin Baker Jersey . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. Jason Day came up just short at the PGA Championship, but the worlds No. 1-ranked player is the early favorite at golfs next major, the 2017 Masters.On Monday, the Westgate SuperBook posted odds to win next years Masters, with Day listed as the 7-1 favorite. Jordan Spieth is next at 8-1, followed by Rory McIlroy at 10-1 and Dustin Johnson at 12-1.Jimmy Walker, who won the PGA Championship as a 125-1 long shot, is 60-1 to win the Masters. Walker closed out his first major with a 3-foot par putt on No. 18 on Sunday, besting Day by one shot.The SuperBook took eight small bets on Walker to win the tournament, and assistant manager Jeff Sherman said Walker was one of the books best results.Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson is 15-1, followed by Adam Scott at 20-1 and Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose at 25-1.dddddddddddd Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson is 30-1, and reigning Masters champion Danny Willett is 50-1.Tiger Woods, who for the first time in his career missed all four majors in a season, is listed at 60-1 to win next years Masters. Woods has not played in a PGA Tour event since finishing 10th at the Wyndham Championship in August 2015. He is rehabbing from back surgery and has said that he will not play this season. For Masters bets to be official, golfers must start the tournament.The 2017 Masters will be held April 6-9 at Augusta National Golf Club. ' ' '